Are All Seats Safe?All car seats rated by NHTSA meet Federal Safety Standards & strict crash performance standards. While all rated seats are safe, they do differ in their ease of use in four basic catagories:

Supplemental sizing information is not illustrated and given in text only on the labels. The belt routing path is not completely labeled.

Evaluation of Instructions

The manual cannot be accessed while the child is seated. No full picture exists of a properly restrained child next to sizing information in the owner's manual. Supplemental sizing information is not given in the manual.

Securing the Child

The restraint did not arrive fully assembled. There are no illustrations on the child restraint showing how to convert between highback and no-back modes.